“The majority falls prey to the delusion–popular in some circles–that ordinary people are too careless and stupid to own guns, and we would be far better off leaving all weapons in the hands of professionals on the government payroll. But the simple truth–born of experience–is that tyranny thrives best where government need not fear the wrath of an armed people.” PeopleNeedsHandsGovernmentWould BeFallBornSimpleStupidWeaponsOrdinaryGunMajorityLeavingCirclesTyrannyThriveDelusionBetter OffWrathOrdinary PeoplePreyCarelessSimple TruthsPayroll Author:Alex Kozinski
“I still am amazed that people would never buy a car if they were told it gets 75 miles to the gallon - they're absolutely clear on what's a scam. But when it comes to their health they will immediately fall for somebody telling them, "Take this pill and you'll live to be a hundred years old." There's something about medicine that allows us to fall for stupid sales pitches more easily.” PeopleIfsYearsStillsPainFallClearCarStupidHundredMedicineMilesTherapyInjuryAmazedPillsGallonsScamsSales Pitch Author:Dean Edell
“You are pushed to behave differently here, you don't really have a choice. If you cheat you have no chance of being admired. Even your own supporters will dislike you. So what do you do? Well, the way is not to be stupid, but not to cheat either. If there is a foul, you have to fall. I call it 'helping the referee to make a decision'. That's not cheating.” IfsWayWellsHelpingChoicesFallChanceDecisionStupidFootballLike YouManagersSoccerBehaveCheatingDislikeCheatSupporterChairmanFoulReferee Author:Jose Mourinho
“When you have success on the field, you're more popular and you have that fame that comes with it. You realize you're in the public eye more and you've got to be a little bit more careful about some of the things you're doing out in public and make sure you're smart about the things you say. You're still going to make mistakes from time to time, but you represent an even greater population and people are that much more looking for you to be in the wrong place at the wrong time or fall down or say something really stupid that's going to get you in trouble.” PeopleLittlesStillsEyeFallBitsRealizingMistakeGreaterTroubleStupidFieldsFameLittle BitSmartPopulationCarefulMaking MistakesFalling DownPublic EyeWrong TimeReally Stupid Author:Aaron Rodgers
“Everybody thinks that 2-D is Damon, but none of the characters are based on any of us. 2-D is the classic stupid pretty boy singer. He's the fall guy, the stooge. Everyone takes the piss out of him. He had a car accident where he went through the windscreen and ended up with two bumps on his head. It knocked some cool into him” ThinkingTwoCharacterGuyFallBoysCarStupidAccidentsSingersClassicBumpsCar AccidentDamonStoogesPretty Boy Author:Jamie Hewlett
“I like the person who commits and goes all in and takes big swings and then maybe fails or looks stupid; who jumps and falls down, rather than the person who points at the person who fell, and laughs.” LooksPersonsBigsFallLaughingFailingStupidCommitSwingsFalling Down Author:Amy Poehler
“When you're jealous, especially of someone else's art or creations you automatically put up these selfish walls that reinforce your stupid ideas. It's hard to pull those walls down and look at what you're hiding. Look at your own weakness and realize that the jealousy came from knowing that you're intimidated by someone else's work, and that when you compare it to your own, you fall short.” LooksArtIdeasHardFallRealizingKnowingStupidCreationWallWeaknessDown AndSelfishCompareHidingJealousIntimidatedYour StupidStupid Ideas Author:Joe Rogan
“As you go higher up in the ladder, you look down, and it's a pretty far fall, so you tend to watch your step a bit more. That's all you can do. It's a full time job not to kill these niggas out here; every day I ask for the strength not to go off the handle and whack one of these stupid cunts.” LooksJobsFallAsksBitsCan DoStepsWatchesStupidHigherDown AndHandleYou Can Do ItLaddersFull Time Jobs Author:Gunplay
“There are, broadly speaking, two types of drinkers. There is the man whom we all know, stupid, unimaginative, whose brain is bitten numbly by numb maggots; who walks generously with wide-spread, tentative legs, falls frequently in the gutter, and who sees, in the extremity of his ecstasy, blue mice and pink elephants.... The other type of drinker has imagination, vision. Even when most pleasantly jingled he walks straight and naturally, never staggers nor falls, and knows just where he is and what he is doing. It is not his body but his brain that is drunken.” KnowsMenTwoBodyFallImaginationWalksBrainVisionStupidHe ManTypeBlueLegsSpreadWideEcstasyMiceElephantsNumbDrinkersGuttersExtremityMaggots Author:Jack London
“So I think, as much as possible, I try to be open myself. I think that's probably something that falls with young people. It's not because I think young people are smarter, because I don't think they are. I think young people are quite actually stupid.” PeopleThinkingTryingYoungFallStupidSmarter Author:Lukas Moodysson
“The Pakistanis are straightforward and sometimes extremely stupid. The Indians are more devious, sometimes so smart that we fall for their line.” SometimesFallLinesStupidSmartStraightforwardDevious Author:Richard M. Nixon
“I sort of use as my guiding principle that show The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. Whenever possible, do the stupid thing.” UseShowsFallPrinciplesStupidStupid ThingsGuiding Principles Author:Moby
“Hiding is not an option and you're going to step out and you're going to make mistakes. I'm going to look stupid. I'm going to say things I want to retract. I'm going to sing notes I wish I could have back, there's just no getting around the stumble, but if you stumble enough times you're going to fall off the edge and have no choice but to freakin' fly.” IfsWantLooksEnoughChoicesFallWishMistakeStepsStupidNotesEdgesMaking MistakesHidingEnough Time Author:Ben Harper
“I'm not doing any crazy stuff any more. Like I used to do high falls; I used to jump from the motorcycle to the truck myself. That's unheard of today. Now nobody would ever do that. In those days it was stupid, man. I just did it because that's what it was, but that I don't do anymore.” MenTodayUsedFallStuffCrazyStupidTruckMotorcycleUnheardStupid Men Author:Dolph Lundgren
“As an entrepreneur you are often failing as much as you are succeeding. You are falling on your face as much as you are stepping up and moving forward. You need resilience to get up, re-gather, think of what you are going to do next, not letting that misstep pull you down. Next, you cannot be afraid of looking stupid or not being perfect. You have to be okay with sticking your neck out, being willing to fall down, and knowing that you are more measured over time about how you are getting back up.” ThinkingMovingFallPerfectFailingStupidSucceedOkayEntrepreneurResilienceMoving ForwardYour FaceFalling Down Author:Alexis Maybank
“Hobbes: Jump! Jump! Jump! I win! Calvin: You win? Aaugghh! You won last time! I hate it when you win! Aarrggh! Mff! Gnnk! I hate this game! I hate the whole world! Aghhh! What a stupid game! You must have cheated! You must have used some sneaky, underhanded mindmeld to make me lose! I hate you! I didn't want to play this idiotic game in the first place! I knew you'd cheat! I knew you'd win! Oh! Oh! Aarg! [Calvin runs in circles around Hobbes screaming "Aaaaaaaaaaaa", then falls over.] Hobbes: Look, it's just a game. Calvin: I know! You should see me when I lose in real life!” KnowsWorldWantShouldFirstsLooksRealPlayWholeRunningLastsUsedHateFallGamesWinningLosesStupidI HateCirclesReal LifeWhole WorldCheatLast TimeHate YouI Hate YouCheatedIdioticHobbesSneaky Author:Bill Watterson
“Literary fiction and poetry are real marginalized right now. There's a fallacy that some of my friends sometimes fall into, the ol' "The audience is stupid. The audience only wants to go this deep. Poor us, we're marginalized because of TV, the great hypnotic blah, blah." You can sit around and have these pity parties for yourself. Of course this is bullshit. If an art form is marginalized it's because it's not speaking to people. One possible reason is that the people it's speaking to have become too stupid to appreciate it. That seems a little easy to me.” PeopleIfsWantWritingLittlesArtRealSometimesReasonSeemsFormFallCoursesEasyPoorPartyFictionAudienceStupidTvsRight NowMy FriendsAppreciatePityBullshitFallacyMarginalizedBlahHypnoticPity Party Author:David Foster Wallace
“Pundits are always blaming TV for making people stupid, movies for desensitizing the world to violence, and rock music for making kids take drugs and kill themselves. These things should be the least of our worries. The main problem with mass media is that it makes it impossible to fall in love with any acumen of normalcy. There is no 'normal,' because everybody is being twisted by the same sources simultaneously.” PeopleWorldShouldProblemKidsFallWorryViolenceImpossibleRocksMediaStupidTvsSourceDrugNormalMassBlameFalling In LoveTwistedRock MusicMass MediaNormalcyPunditsAcumenStupid Movie Book:Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto Source: Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto